DISCOVER Dur-Dur Band ‘Yabaal’

Yabaal - Fadumina - Jazz Cafe- Dur-Dur Band International

‘Yabaal’ from Dur Dur Band of Mogadishu Somalia – Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks by Dur-Dur Band originally performed 1986

Watching this joyful hand camera video of Dur Dur Band is indicative that it is impossible to stand still whilst listening to the Somalian funk. It’s too easy for us to forget that before the civil war, 1980s Mogadishu was a thriving cultural hub. It is our loss that, in their heyday, we in the West didn’t recognise the sensational Dur-Dur...

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DISCOVER Eilisio Vera ‘Capchona’

Eilisio Vera 'Capchona' from the album Space Echo compiled by Analog Africa

Analog Africa released the compilation album “Space Echo – The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed” in May 2016. Compiled and produced by label founder Samy Ben Redjeb, the album consists of upbeat and energetic tracks by various artists from the remote island of Cabo Verde off the West Coast of Africa, originally recorded in the 1970’s when the island was under Portuguese colonial rule.

The album is synth-heavy and almost futuristic sounding, but what reall...

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